Emily and Linda’s Travel Blog

The puzzle we had taken on was a Diego Rivera mural 1000 piece puzzle. Beautiful earth tones (which we soon realized were repeated in many places). Lovely picture that we looked forward to completing  

However, we soon learned that 1000 pieces is a really big task, especially when the dastardly puzzle cutter provided pieces like these with no clear axis and offset seams

We tried for 3 days and got about half way - even with Jo's excellent organization of similars and the tally of which calla lillies were complete (you can see tiny post its on the box to designate which were done).

But eventually we had to accept that it had to go back in the box for another day. Still we had some good times chatting, cursing, and congratulating each other when we finally found a needed piece. Puzzles were often part of holiday gatherings in our family growing up. In these days of individual screens, it was good to recall a quiet, shared project that brings everyone together.